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History Honors Program
Welcome to the Honors Program in History at Purdue University. Descriptions, instructions, and helpful links have been made available on this page. We look forward to a growing program.
The Department of History's Honors Program offers students with a record of superior achievement in their initial History courses the opportunity to engage in challenging courses, research, and sustained historical writing beyond the work required of majors in the field. The program's intent is to broaden and deepen the historical and historiographical understanding, critical thinking, and research abilities of history majors. Course work within the program will emphasize the development of skills and engagement in the field within an environment that emphasizes discourse between students and faculty and independent student research with close faculty mentorship. The Department believes that this program not only will enrich the Purdue undergraduate educational experience on an intellectual level, but that it will help better prepare history majors for graduate work in the field, legal studies, and other professional post-baccalaureate initiatives. Students who demonstrate excellence by completing the Departmental Honors program should be competitive for admission to the finest post-graduate programs in History as well as have enhanced credentials for other candidacies.
This program is designed as a supplement to Purdue University's Liberal Arts and University Honors programs, rather than as a replacement for either or both of them. Students can fulfill the requirements of the Department's Honors Program without completing either the Liberal Arts or University Honors program. On the other hand, if they so choose, they can use work in the Departmental Honors Program towards the requirements for the Liberal Arts program. Students eligible for the University Honors program may also earn Honors in History.
Students successfully completing the Departmental Honors Program will have this achievement indicated on their Bachelor of Arts transcripts. This notation will serve as an instant alert to graduate programs, law schools, prospective employers, and others of the student's superior accomplishment in undergraduate studies.
Melinda Zook
Director of Honors Program
